New Macs Leak

If the retina MacBook Pros are real, Apple really is throwing down the gauntlet here.

And not just because of their advantage in hardware; Windows is notoriously hard to program for in a resolution independent way, and the first double resolution laptop displays are going to cause early adopters no end of pain. Even if Windows 8 brings APIs to fix it, the long tail of apps are not going to be updated any time soon.

I expect this to be an unusually large and concrete reason for everyday people to choose a Mac laptop for the next few years. Side by side, Macs will look amazing. Looked at a 3GS recently? Eww.

Of course, this is assuming OS X has resolution independence nailed; though I'd be amazed if they shipped this if that wasn't the case.

I've been hanging on for a Macbook Air 11" in the hope they reduce the size of the bezel and possibly increase resolution.

That will be a seriously nice piece of kit if they do!

Not an apple fanboi, but really happy about super resolution displays...sick of 24" HD displays. HD is for TVs.

Way to go somewhere in Australia for leaking the details.